Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-07-28

We have received the news OF the
death of Mrs. Rechenthaler who lived
near Fennimore in Gregory Hollow.
Phillip Muench, who is running a
thrashing machine says he finds the
yield of wheat and oats very good in
deed.
Gene Willard could not cut oats
enough at the Poor Farm, so he cut off
the end of his thumb the other day
with sickle.
Mrs. j. c. Stone will speak on temper
ance tonight, July 2S, at Georgetown,
29th at Cuba City and the Both and 31st
at Hazel Green.
Mr.. Simon Harker, of the firm of
Harker & Wilson, Cuba City, had
business which brought him to the
county seat Tuesday.
An effort is being made to have a
daily mail between Beetown and Glass;
vile. Why not between Lancaster, Bee
Town ana bloomington!
Rev. Mr.. Jones, of New York, who
has been visiting at DIR. Hassell's
preached an excellent sermon at the
Baptist church Sunday morning.
Mr.. John Chambers of BLOOMINGTON
with his daughters Emeline, Lulu and
Carrie and Misses Birdie and Grace
Ballantine drove up to Lancaster Tues
day.
Judge and Mrs. Clementson, DR.. and
Mrs. Barber and Mr. and Mrs. j. A.
Barber of Chicago are enjoying a trip
on the Mississippi in steam yacht.
Their starting point is Prairie du Chen.
The men arrested and brought here
last week for seining in the Mississippi
were not convicted, though some peo-
pie have an opinion still 1t takes
positive evidence, however, to convict
Darlington is talking about a pork
packing establishment. Lancaster
should have one. There is not better
point in the state for small packing
house. and the ground and one large
building are to be had for song
Mrs. C. W. Hill presented Miss Alice
Chandler, of this Office, with a beauti-
full night blooming cereus in full bloom
last Monday evening. This is the Sec
old of these rare plants that has
bloomed for Mrs Hill within two weeks.
The Monons party mentioned last
week with Mrs. John p Lewis, Mrs.
w. Barlow, Miss Nellie Mckinney and
others went Tuesday morning. Messrs.
John Schreiner and X. B. Showalter
went up this Wednesday morning.
Trout fishermen will be interested in
learning that Mrs. Werley is thinking of
providing more lodging room than she
has been able to furnish visitors. The
reputation of her place has drawn such
numbers that she has decided to move
a house of hers from few miles away
and join it onto the house where she
now lives.
A curiosity in town Monday was
iverattlesnake in the possession of "Hi''
Pauley, of Elmdale, who had extracted
its fangs so that it could be handled
with perfect safety. 1t is brown with
black stripes. nearly four feet long
weighs two pounds and two ounces,
with seven rattles and button on its
tail. .'Hi'' said that he dug out its
fangs with his pocket knife while hold
ing its head in his hand.
W. B. Phillips, Of Boscobel, one of
the successful teachers of our county,
is in the city. He is selling cert ticates
OF membership in the National Library
Association, q stock company of Chi
cage, incorporated under the state law
of Illinois, and which furnishes TO its
members any one of over 500 standard
publications at wholesale rates, and
also acts as purchasing agent at much
less than retail prices. These certifi-
Gates with or without gift book are
sold at very reasonable rates.
MIR. l.. o. Dargan, who owns the
Hubbard House is a real estate dealer
in San Antonio, Texas. He has prop
erty in Chicago and owns land in the
northern part of this state which he
thinks may be valuable as ore land.
He will visit that region before return
ing to Texas He thinks they have
ores of the same quality in the vicinity
of San Antonio, They have good
quality of coal there, and several pay
ing oil wells. Natural gas has also
been struck in limited quantities, and
he and Others are boring with good
prospects of rich reward. Mr.. Oar
gan is native of Charleston S. c..
was in the Southern Army and was
three times wounded. During his stay
here he had many pleasant chats with
some of the Lancaster veterans who
fought on the other side and were in
the same battles. He will return to
Lancaster as soon as he can secure a
suitable landlord to open the hotel,
and the Hubbard House will again be
open to the public, probably under an
other name,